When comparing RunKeeper vs Wahoo Fitness, the Slant community recommends RunKeeper for most people. In the question“What is the best app for fitness?”RunKeeper is ranked 2nd while Wahoo Fitness is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose RunKeeper is:

The app is available for [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id300235330) and [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitnesskeeper.runkeeper.pro).

Pros

Pro

Cross-platform

Pro

Simple interface

Pro

Great for Interval Training

Interval lengths can be set and RunKeeper will let know when to start and stop running via audio messages.

Pro

Tracks distance, duration, speed, pace and calories burned

RunKeeper displays your route using Google Maps and tracks distance, duration, speed, pace and calories burned. You can also input your runs manually (useful when running on treadmills) to add them to your "workout logs".

Pro

Website has detailed statistics

Stats such as top speed, speed of each interval, fastest/slowest parts of a course, etc. Where applicable, graphs and maps routes will be display for a visual representation.

Pro

Add photos to your runs

To make the memorable runs easy to remember why they were memorable.

Pro

Gives audio cues

Pro

Works with Pebble smartwatches

You will have to download the app both on your phone and Pebble.

Pro

Can chart weight

Pro

Perfect localization for interface and voice

Pro

Integrates with many accessories

Pro

Works with Android Wear

Pro

iOS and Android

Available for both platforms.

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Shows you an overview of all trainings

The app will also show you an overview of all your trainings telling you how many calories you have burned in your workouts, how many trainings you have logged, how many Kilometers (or miles) you have ran and how many hours you have spent working out. It is, of course, also possible to go into all your previous workouts and look at all the exact details of every single one of them, if you would like.

Pro

Syncs with Apple's health app

The app syncs well with apple health and you get all your logged activities and data transferred. It will even track the Nike Fuel points, but those will not sync over to Apple's health app because in there the Wahoo app can not be selected as a source.

Pro

Everything is simple and easy

Everything about the app is simple and easy to use and set up. At the beginning it may take a few minutes to get yourself adjusted, but that is so with any other app as well. Once you get the hang of it, everything is very intuitive.

Pro

Can select other heart rate monitors

I once had on my Wahoo Tickr X and a Basis Peek smartwatch and it gave me the option which of the HR-motiros I wanted to take the heart rate from. I never attempted to use the Basis as the Tickr is much more accurate, but I would assume it lets you use any BT HR-tracker that is around to connect. This may mean the app could also work without a Wahoo device, but I am not sure and it would certainly loose you a lot of the other PROs

Pro

Can track workouts in the gym

The app does not only work for running or cycling outdoors, but also for running on a treadmill where it will also measure your distance and pace based on calculations it makes after you set it up and for indoor cycling (or spinning) where it will measure your cadence (but not distance) quite accurately. It will also let you track a weight lifting session and will then tell you about how many calories you burned. This is another feature not many other trackers have. Most of the functions will only work with their top of the line Tickr X for about USD 100, but the basics are also available with the base model.

Pro

Workout Map

After an outdoor workout with a GPS-device the app shows you a map of your workout. This is nothing special and most apps do, but some don't and I enjoy seeing on the map where I ran.

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Cons

Con

GPS sometimes fails

The GPS sometimes fails on devices that rely on WIFI for GPS (Apple ipod touch). However, GPS can be fixed manually later.

Con

Slow and heavy for old smartphones

Con

Does not announce split pace properly when using kilometers

Con

Doesn't optimize for WGS-84 GPS on map

The track path draw on map is wrong cause WGS-84 GPS format.

Con

Many apps, slightly confusing

Wahoo offers several apps and in one case this can be confusing. This review is about the Wahoo Fitness app, but they also offer a similar one which is the Wahoo RunFit app and this does not track half of the stuff. I don't see why it even exists as it can only do less the the Fitness app. They offer several other apps as well which I have not looked at so far, but they do other things entirely as far as I could tell and thus do not create more confusion.

Con

Relatively high buy in

As I believe you need a Wahoo product to use the app, the buy in to get the app is relatively high starting at about USD 50 and going up very much higher depending on what equipment from them you choose. For me it was well worth the investment of USD 100 for the Tickr X, but it is surely not for every one!

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